Braille Monitor                                                                                                            January 2005

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A young Jim Omvig glides across a lake on waterskis A young Jim Omvig glides across a lake on waterskis.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

David Venit scales a climbing wall at a Meet-the-Blind-Month celebration at Baltimore's Inner harbor
 David Venit scales a climbing wall at a Meet-the-Blind-Month celebration at Baltimore's Inner Harbor

 

Barbara Loos sits on the floor to read a Braille book to Mikaella Besson.
Barbara Loos sits on the floor to read a Braille book to Mikaella Besson.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kenneth Jernigan and Marc Maurer raise linked hands on the podium at a national convention
 Kenneth Jernigan and Marc Maurer raise linked hands on the podium at a national convention.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Those who have visited the National Center for the Blind know that the walls in public areas have been decorated with framed reproductions of famous paintings. The NFB Jernigan Institute has recently been decorated in its own distinctive way. Ninety-nine enlarged photographs of blind people doing all sorts of things have recently been hung in public areas of the Institute. They are mounted using box frames stained the same color as the paneling. The result is that the pictures seem to be embedded in the wall.

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